Pál Ferenc studied Hungarian, Russian and Spanish Literature at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest between 1968 and 1975, and in 1978 he entered the Portuguese Department at that same University, where he co-organized the Department of Portuguese and Brasilian Studies. He has taught several courses on 19th and 20th-century Portuguese and Brasilian literature. He has developed a research career on the reception of Portuguese and Brasilian literature, and on the works of Eça de Queirós, whose O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra (1886) he published on a translated version. He also published Fernando Pessoa’s poetry in Hungarian, and translated some of José Saramago’s novels. Among his many contributions to specialized conferences, he attended the Congresso Internacional “Almeida Garrett um romântico, um moderno” (1999) and the “IV Encontro Internacional de Queirosianos” (2000), as well as the 9th and 10th Conferences of the AIL (2008, 2011). He is currently the director of the Departament of Portuguese at Eötvös Loránd University, and vicedean for International Affairs of the Faculty of Arts.
ABSTRACT:
"Do the Portuguese Toot Merrily? The Image of Portugal and Portuguese History and People in Hungary during the 19th Century (Theoretic Questions of its Reception)"
It is well known that in the 19th century the Portuguese poet Camões was well known in Hungary, and we can say that there was a real cult of Camões: his name was mentioned many times, he became character of novels and poems, and historians debated about the Hungarian origin of the Portuguese dynasty, mentioned in the 25th stanza of the 3rd Canto of his epic poem The Lusiads. In our lecture we would like to analyse how this cult of Camões influenced the image of Portugal and Portuguese people in the 19th and 20th centuries in Hungary.
Es de sobra sabido que durante el siglo XIX el poeta portugués Camões era bien conocido en Hungría, y de hecho se puede decir que hubo un auténtico culto a Camões: su nombre se menciona frecuentemente, fue convertido en personaje de novelas y poemas, y de debates históricos acerca del origen húngaro de la dinastía portuguesa, mencionado en la 25.ª estrofa del Canto III de su poema Os Lusíadas. En nuestra presentación nos gustaría analizar cómo este culto a Camões influyó en la imagen de Portugal y de los portugueses durante los siglos XIX y XX en Hungría.
É bem sabido que durante o século XIX o poeta português Camões era muito conhecido na Hungria, e de facto pode-se falar de um verdadeiro culto a Camões: o seu nome era mencionado com frequência, ele próprio foi personagem de romances e poemas, e centro de debates históricos sobre a origem húngara da dinastia portuguesa, mencionada na estância 25 do Canto III do seu poema Os Lusíadas. Na nossa apresentação gostaríamos de analisar o modo como este culto a Camões influenciou a imagem de Portugal e dos portugueses nos séculos XIX e XX na Hungria.
ABSTRACT:
"Do the Portuguese Toot Merrily? The Image of Portugal and Portuguese History and People in Hungary during the 19th Century (Theoretic Questions of its Reception)"
It is well known that in the 19th century the Portuguese poet Camões was well known in Hungary, and we can say that there was a real cult of Camões: his name was mentioned many times, he became character of novels and poems, and historians debated about the Hungarian origin of the Portuguese dynasty, mentioned in the 25th stanza of the 3rd Canto of his epic poem The Lusiads. In our lecture we would like to analyse how this cult of Camões influenced the image of Portugal and Portuguese people in the 19th and 20th centuries in Hungary.
Es de sobra sabido que durante el siglo XIX el poeta portugués Camões era bien conocido en Hungría, y de hecho se puede decir que hubo un auténtico culto a Camões: su nombre se menciona frecuentemente, fue convertido en personaje de novelas y poemas, y de debates históricos acerca del origen húngaro de la dinastía portuguesa, mencionado en la 25.ª estrofa del Canto III de su poema Os Lusíadas. En nuestra presentación nos gustaría analizar cómo este culto a Camões influyó en la imagen de Portugal y de los portugueses durante los siglos XIX y XX en Hungría.
É bem sabido que durante o século XIX o poeta português Camões era muito conhecido na Hungria, e de facto pode-se falar de um verdadeiro culto a Camões: o seu nome era mencionado com frequência, ele próprio foi personagem de romances e poemas, e centro de debates históricos sobre a origem húngara da dinastia portuguesa, mencionada na estância 25 do Canto III do seu poema Os Lusíadas. Na nossa apresentação gostaríamos de analisar o modo como este culto a Camões influenciou a imagem de Portugal e dos portugueses nos séculos XIX e XX na Hungria.